The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia) has at times been quite a talking point. Many people say that the installations have to be seen to be believed, that MONA tends to test most people's interpretation of what art is. I tend to agree: until I visited MONA on New…
When I first started this blog, I had a mild panic every time I hit the publish button. Will this be the time that I embarrass myself and offend all of my followers? As time progressed, I learnt to take a deep breath, adjust how I was being, and hit send. I accept that not…
A few weeks ago in the 11 July Talkback Tuesday post, I provided a recording of "My Country" by Dorothea Mackellar and invited people to listen to it and take note of what they were saying to themselves while they were listening. There was then some discussion about this in the comments of that post.…
As I was preparing to type a Talkback Tuesday post tonight, there were some things going on around me that led to me reflecting on patience and what it means to be patient. Hence, this Talkback Tuesday is about patience. So, what is patience? For this reflection, I referred to The Field Guide to Emotions:…
Recently, I have started once again writing my leadership blog, located on my business website. It has been great to get back into it. Anyway, I have been trying to pull together some posts around listening for my leadership blog, and that gave me the idea to do something a little different for this Talkback…
Everything that irritates us about others can lead to an understanding of ourselvesCarl JUng In the past, I have not responded well to what I perceive as arrogance in others. Seriously, if you want to play a fun game, walk into a domain where I feel as though I have some knowledge, experience and authority,…
An Ontological Life 